South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
Neighborhood News.

Berkeley Springs News: Postmas-
ter D. s. Wilson has a new postal
clerk, VIZ. Il. Wilson. of Springfield.
Grafton Standard: John keenan,
was run over and killed by the yard
engine in this place Thursday night.
Oakland Democrat: Pieces of a
tree in the Oakland Hotel grounds in
This place, that was ruck by liz hi.
ming Friday. were picked ur. 2OO
yards away.
keyser Tribune Presiding Elder
Ferguson preached two very interest.
ing sermons In the Methodist Epis.
copal Church Sou,h,on Sunday morn,
ing and evening.
Piedmont Herald: Fuller ayden.
a colured man of Keyser, VAS in tow
Friday and drank so much whisksv
that he became insensible, and up to
going to press, was laying in a very
critical condition at the lookup.
keysor Echo L C. Rinebar,, post
master at Rees's Mill will remove
shortly to Hntchineon, Kansas, where
he has a position offered him in some
manufacturing establishment. We
learn that Mrs. kecs, widow of the
late Si!as Rees. and mo her of James
b. end Samuel kees, Esqrs., who " i'll
De ninety years old next June, is
quito I'll with pneumonia. Editor
Gosorn, OF the Petersburg Gszetie,
was in town the early part Of this
week, engaged in removing his fsmi.
~ and household goods to Peters,
burg -. Wheat is looking bad in
Frankfort and Cabin Run districts.
IA. Il. McCar,y lost 5000 rails
ny fires on Knoll y mountain this
| week.
Moore6eld Examiner: The post
Office, In this county, foru erly known
as Howard's Lick has had its name
changed to Matlias. III. II. G. Pan.
cakes store, a, this place, has bough
up $1,000 pounds of d Iron. they
paid ~ cents per hundred Mr..
Bridaham, former manager OF Titles
Jewelry store at this place, returned
Wednesday to take charge of the
store again, and Mr.. Ruhl goes TO
Cumberland. Mr. X has made ma
ny friends during his short stay among
rs. who reluctantly see him leave.
The following are the details Of
the Lost River murder, rs neatly as
W. could gather them: John Ba-or
the victim, was perhaps, IS years old t;
a quiet. inoF nsive, clever man. fond
OF joke, bat addicted to drinking.
tie lived in the Cove, near Matthias
store, and had large family. For a
lew days preyi us and ~ to his death
Mr.. Basoro had been 90 a spree. aud
was about Joseph Matthias store a
gooG deal. On Tuesday 10 was there
drinking with Tho IA GafTney and
others, and after the store was closed
and everybody had left, Gaffney ami
Basole remained on the porch talk g.
ing. There he was found about |
o'clock We tuesday morning, by Joe
Maibias, unconscious, and bleeding
from wound over the right eye. evil
IDENTITY made with some Dlunt ins,ru-
ment. Drs. Hall and Hedges were
summoned, but al attempt, Ire
vive him allel, md he died Wednes.
day evening ut 6 o'clock. Gu Fri
day all inquest wGs held. he Jury
rendering verdict that tue decea ssd
came TO bis death by violence at tue
hands Of some person unknown t1
the jury. On IN gestiSation, the evi.
dcnCe pointed to- Thomas Gsffuey
an old man, and shoemaker BY
trad :, as being lhe murderer. Gail
ncY W. s tie last person sen with tn
| deceased that night, and ON being
questioned ho could give no account
Of himself whatever. on that night.
The justice deemed the evidence sui.
ticient tD hold Gafney anil lac was
sent 10 jail at this place, where he
now Is.
here is more Caiarrh 10 this section Of 10
country ban oll other dseases put together,
and until the last iew years was supposed to
be iocurable. For gree many years ID DC.
tors pronounced 10 a local d5eise. and pre-
sCubed local remedies. and by constantly
falling TO cure with local treatInt at pronouu
ced II incurRble. Science has proven Ca.
tarrh 70 be = constitutional disease, and
therefore requires a constitutional treatmen g.
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